Health care delivery drives only 20 percent of health outcomes, with behavioral and social determinants — including income, living environment, employment status, and access to transportation and healthy food — playing a much bigger role in overall health. There is growing recognition among policymakers that integrating health care with social supports and services is critical to improving broad population health, advancing health equity, and reducing health care spending.
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March 2021
Incorporating Community Voice to Inform Justice Policy in Los Angeles County Health care and government entities increasingly recognize the importance of involving community members when making decisions that impact the community at large. The Los Angeles Department of Health Services (LA DHS), understands that the justice-involved population has some of the most complex health and social needs of any given demographic group, which is why it… Read more »
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